Kansas has yet to address the matter. Both K.J. and Dedric Lawson are expected to sit out the 2017-18 season per NCAA transfer rules and be eligible to play for Bill Self in the 2018-19 season.

Dedric Lawson averaged 19.2 points, 9.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists as a sophomore this past season, while K.J. only played in 10 games as a freshman because of an Achilles injury, and averaged 12.3 points and 8.1 rebounds last season. He’ll have three seasons with the Jayhawks if the NCAA grants him a sixth year because of the injury.

The two brothers committed to Memphis when Josh Pastner was in charge and after Pastner hired their father, Keelon Lawson, as an assistant coach in the summer of 2014. Pastner left last spring for Georgia Tech, being replaced by Smith.